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€12,000 WRC Race Discrimination Awards: Affidea Case Lessons

Two WRC Race Discrimination Decisions, €12,000 in Awards: What Service Providers Should Learn from the Affidea Case Two recent Workplace Relations Commission decisions provide a detailed example of...

Employee Reports Wrongdoing Then Faces Redundancy: €10,800 WRC Award

Employee Raises Potential Wrongdoing — Three Days Later Redundancy Follows: Employer Lessons from €10,800 WRC Award An employee raises serious concerns about the conduct of their manager. Three days...

Pregnancy Disclosure Followed by Hours Cut: €10,000 WRC Award

Pregnancy Disclosure Followed by Proposed Hours Cut: WRC Awards €10,000 for Discrimination Employers are entitled to restructure a business when genuine financial or operational circumstances require...

Disciplining an Employee After a Safety Complaint? Labour Court Awards €33,000

Disciplining an Employee After a Safety Complaint? Labour Court Awards €33,000 in Penalisation Case A recent Labour Court decision provides an important warning for employers dealing with employees...

WRC Hearings Are Public: What Employers Need to Know

WRC Hearings Are Usually Public: What Employers Need to Know Before Adjudication Receiving a Workplace Relations Commission complaint can immediately raise legal, financial and operational concerns...

Can Employers Deduct Pay for Employee Damage? WRC Case

Can You Deduct the Cost of Employee Damage from Their Wages? WRC Courier Case Offers a Warning for Employers An employee accidentally damages a customer’s property while carrying out their job...

What 1,000 WRC Mediations Tell Employers About Settling Claims

What 1,000 WRC Mediations Tell Employers About Resolving Workplace Disputes Not every Workplace Relations Commission complaint needs to end with witnesses giving evidence at a public adjudication...

Fish Shack Founder Awarded €75,549 for Unfair Dismissal

Fish Shack Founder Awarded €75,549: Why Employers Must Keep Protected Disclosures Separate from Dismissal Decisions An employer may believe there is a genuine commercial reason for ending an...

Labour Court 2025 Report: Key Lessons for Irish Employers

What 992 Labour Court Cases Tell Employers About Employment Risk Employment disputes reaching the Labour Court fell during 2025, but that does not necessarily mean employment law risk is becoming...

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